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UAE denies social media rumour of changing official weekend
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Fake news circulating about weekend switch from Friday and Saturday to Saturday and Sunday.
UAE authorities have denied rumours that have been circulating on social media that there will be a switch in the country s official weekend, stressing that the information is false.
The fake news that has been circulating on social media in the country that the UAE was considering switching the weekend from Friday and Saturday to Saturday and Sunday , was attributed to state news agency-WAM. But the agency has denied reporting such news.
“The news that has been spreading on social media that government was planning to make some changes in the weekend is fake. WAM has never reported any such information,” Mohammed Jalal Al Raisi, Executive Director of Emirates New Agency (WAM) told Khaleej Times on Thursday.
UAE News Agency WAM Launches Hebrew Website The Media Line Staff 04/09/2021
WAM, the official state news agency of the United Arab Emirates, inaugurated its Hebrew news site on Wednesday. This follows the signing of the Abraham Accords between the UAE and Israel in September 2020, normalizing relations between the two countries. The Hebrew language site, the first of its kind in the Gulf region, is partnered with Israeli news agency Tazpit Press Service. In addition to the website, WAM News has Hebrew Twitter and Facebook accounts. Hebrew is the 19
th language in which WAM operates. “The new Hebrew-language news service is another phase in the implementation of the Abraham Accords signed between Gulf countries and Israel, and in the peaceful relations developing between the UAE and the State of Israel in numerous fields,” said WAM CEO Mohammed Jalal Al Raisi.